| CMS | Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| COX | Cyclooxygenase |
| IL | Interleukin |
| Erk | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| TNFα | Tissue necrosis factor alpha |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| PI3K/AKT | Phosphatidylinositol 3-hydroxy kinase/protein kinase B |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| LT | Leukotriene |
| LPC | Lysophosphatidylcholine |
| MMP | Matrix metalloprotease |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| miR | microRNA |
| iNos | Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| NFκB | Nuclear Factor Kappa B |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| JNK/SAPK | Jun N-terminal kinase/stress-activated protein kinase |
| Keap-1 | Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factors |
| TIMP-1 | Tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-1 |